1972 Kansas City Royals Team Statistics

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Opening Day Starters

Batting Statistics
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB HBP SO SH SF SB CS TB PA GIDP AVG SLG OBP
Lou Piniella 151 574 65 179 33 4 11 72 34 9 8 59 4 4 7 2 253 624 25 .312 .441 .356
Amos Otis 143 540 75 158 28 2 11 54 50 3 3 59 6 6 28 12 223 605 6 .293 .413 .352
Freddie Patek 136 518 59 110 25 4 0 32 47 4 3 64 6 3 33 7 143 577 9 .212 .276 .280
John Mayberry 149 503 65 150 24 3 25 100 78 13 3 74 1 3 0 2 255 588 12 .298 .507 .394
Cookie Rojas 137 487 49 127 25 0 3 53 41 5 1 35 5 7 2 8 161 541 17 .261 .331 .315
Richie Scheinblum 134 450 60 135 21 4 8 66 58 3 4 40 3 3 0 1 188 518 19 .300 .418 .383
Paul Schaal 127 435 47 99 19 3 6 41 61 1 2 59 2 3 1 3 142 503 14 .228 .326 .323
Ed Kirkpatrick 113 364 43 100 15 1 9 43 51 9 3 50 1 4 3 5 144 423 4 .275 .396 .365
Steve Hovley 105 196 24 53 5 1 3 24 24 2 1 29 4 1 3 3 69 226 2 .270 .352 .351
Bobby Floyd 61 134 9 24 3 0 0 5 5 0 0 29 1 0 1 0 27 140 4 .179 .201 .209
Jerry May 53 116 10 22 5 1 1 4 14 2 0 13 1 0 0 0 32 131 4 .190 .276 .277
Carl Taylor 63 113 17 30 2 1 0 11 17 1 1 16 2 2 4 1 34 135 3 .265 .301 .361
Bobby Knoop 44 97 8 23 5 0 0 7 9 1 0 16 0 1 0 0 28 107 5 .237 .289 .299
Gail Hopkins 53 71 1 15 2 0 0 5 7 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 17 78 2 .211 .239 .282
Paul Splittorff 35 71 9 16 0 1 0 3 4 0 1 8 7 0 0 0 18 83 2 .225 .254 .276
Dick Drago 35 68 4 4 0 0 0 5 8 0 1 36 7 0 0 0 4 84 0 .059 .059 .169
Joe Keough 56 64 8 14 2 0 0 5 8 1 2 7 1 0 2 0 16 75 0 .219 .250 .324
Bob Oliver 16 63 7 17 2 1 1 6 2 0 0 12 0 0 1 0 24 65 2 .270 .381 .292
Roger Nelson 34 54 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 19 4 0 0 0 5 61 0 .093 .093 .140
Bruce Dal Canton 35 41 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 5 0 0 0 5 47 1 .098 .122 .119
Mike Hedlund 29 32 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3 0 0 0 6 35 0 .188 .188 .188
Ron Hansen 16 30 2 4 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 33 1 .133 .133 .212
Jim Wohlford 15 25 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 7 28 0 .240 .280 .321
Al Fitzmorris 39 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 27 1 .174 .174 .296
Jim Rooker 18 20 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 2 21 1 .100 .100 .095
Monty Montgomery 9 17 2 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 10 3 0 0 0 4 21 0 .176 .235 .222
Steve Busby 5 15 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 15 0 .200 .267 .200
Tom Murphy 21 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 19 0 .000 .000 .071
Tom Burgmeier 51 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 12 0 .333 .333 .333
Dennis Paepke 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 .000 .000 .143
Ted Abernathy 45 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .000 .000 .000
Mike Jackson 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 .000 .000 .000
Ken Wright 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000
Norm Angelini 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000
Total 154 5167 580 1317 220 26 78 547 534 57   711 72   85 44 1823 5773 134 .255 .353 .325
Pitching Statistics
Player W L SH SV G GS CG IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HB BK BF GF ERA
Paul Splittorff 12 12 2 0 35 33 12 216.0 189 81 75 11 67 2 140 6 4 0 876 0 3.12
Dick Drago 12 17 2 0 34 33 11 239.1 230 88 80 22 51 4 135 5 6 0 974 1 3.01
Roger Nelson 11 6 6 3 34 19 10 173.1 120 41 40 13 31 1 120 4 1 0 652 9 2.08
Bruce Dal Canton 6 6 0 2 35 16 1 132.1 135 54 50 7 29 6 75 5 1 2 551 8 3.40
Tom Burgmeier 6 2 0 9 51 0 0 55.1 67 32 26 0 33 6 18 0 1 0 260 30 4.23
Jim Rooker 5 6 2 0 18 10 4 72.0 78 37 35 3 24 0 44 3 1 0 310 3 4.38
Mike Hedlund 5 7 0 0 29 16 1 113.0 119 67 60 10 41 1 52 2 4 1 488 4 4.78
Tom Murphy 4 4 1 1 18 9 1 70.1 77 26 24 3 16 0 34 0 6 0 292 2 3.07
Monty Montgomery 3 3 1 0 9 8 1 56.1 55 21 19 2 17 2 24 0 0 0 230 1 3.04
Steve Busby 3 1 0 0 5 5 3 40.0 28 9 7 1 8 0 31 0 0 0 153 0 1.58
Ted Abernathy 3 4 0 5 45 0 0 58.1 44 15 11 2 19 3 28 0 3 0 239 25 1.70
Al Fitzmorris 2 5 0 3 38 2 0 101.0 99 46 42 10 28 5 51 6 1 0 427 11 3.74
Norm Angelini 2 1 0 2 21 0 0 16.0 13 4 4 1 12 1 16 2 1 0 70 5 2.25
Ken Wright 1 2 0 4 17 0 0 18.1 15 10 10 0 15 1 18 3 1 0 84 11 4.91
Mike Jackson 1 2 0 0 7 3 0 19.2 24 14 14 0 14 1 15 1 0 0 92 0 6.41
Total 76 78 16 29 154 154 44 1381.1 1293 545 497 85 405 33 801 37 30 3 5698 110 3.24

Fielding Statistics

Catcher Inn GS G PO A E DP PCT
Team Total 1381.0   0 0 0 0 0 .000
First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP PCT
Team Total 1381.0   0 0 0 0 0 .000
Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP PCT
Team Total 1381.0   0 0 0 0 0 .000
Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP PCT
Team Total 1381.0   0 0 0 0 0 .000
Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP PCT
Team Total 1381.0   0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pitcher Inn GS G PO A E DP PCT
Tom Burgmeier 55.1 0 51 6 13 1 0 .950
Ted Abernathy 58.1 0 45 6 12 3 2 .857
Al Fitzmorris 101.0 2 38 7 22 0 3 1.000
Paul Splittorff 216.0 33 35 6 51 0 5 1.000
Bruce Dal Canton 132.1 16 35 5 14 1 1 .950
Roger Nelson 173.1 19 34 8 33 1 1 .976
Dick Drago 239.1 33 34 4 28 2 5 .941
Mike Hedlund 113.0 16 29 12 19 0 3 1.000
Norm Angelini 16.0 0 21 2 1 0 0 1.000
Jim Rooker 72.0 10 18 3 16 0 1 1.000
Tom Murphy 70.1 9 18 3 15 1 1 .947
Ken Wright 18.1 0 17 1 2 0 0 1.000
Monty Montgomery 56.1 8 9 3 7 0 2 1.000
Mike Jackson 19.2 3 7 1 7 1 1 .889
Steve Busby 40.0 5 5 1 4 1 0 .833
Team Total 1381.0 154 396 68 244 11 25 .966

Batting Leaders

Batting Average
Lou Piniella .312
John Mayberry .298
Amos Otis .293
Cookie Rojas .261
Freddie Patek .212
At Bats
Lou Piniella 574
Amos Otis 540
Freddie Patek 518
John Mayberry 503
Cookie Rojas 487
Games
Lou Piniella 151
John Mayberry 149
Amos Otis 143
Cookie Rojas 137
Freddie Patek 136
Runs
Amos Otis 75
Lou Piniella 65
John Mayberry 65
Richie Scheinblum 60
Freddie Patek 59
Hits
Lou Piniella 179
Amos Otis 158
John Mayberry 150
Richie Scheinblum 135
Cookie Rojas 127
Doubles
Lou Piniella 33
Amos Otis 28
Cookie Rojas 25
Freddie Patek 25
John Mayberry 24
Triples
Lou Piniella 4
Freddie Patek 4
Richie Scheinblum 4
John Mayberry 3
Paul Schaal 3
Home Runs
John Mayberry 25
Lou Piniella 11
Amos Otis 11
Ed Kirkpatrick 9
Richie Scheinblum 8
RBI
John Mayberry 100
Lou Piniella 72
Richie Scheinblum 66
Amos Otis 54
Cookie Rojas 53
Stolen Bases
Freddie Patek 33
Amos Otis 28
Lou Piniella 7
Carl Taylor 4
Ed Kirkpatrick 3
Walks
John Mayberry 78
Paul Schaal 61
Richie Scheinblum 58
Ed Kirkpatrick 51
Amos Otis 50
Strikeouts
John Mayberry 74
Freddie Patek 64
Paul Schaal 59
Amos Otis 59
Lou Piniella 59

Pitching Leaders

Earned Run Average
Roger Nelson 2.08
 
Dick Drago 3.01
 
 
Wins
Dick Drago 12
Paul Splittorff 12
Roger Nelson 11
Bruce Dal Canton 6
Tom Burgmeier 6
Losses
Dick Drago 17
Paul Splittorff 12
Mike Hedlund 7
Roger Nelson 6
Bruce Dal Canton 6
Games
Tom Burgmeier 51
Ted Abernathy 45
Al Fitzmorris 38
Paul Splittorff 35
Bruce Dal Canton 35
Complete Games
Paul Splittorff 12
Dick Drago 11
Roger Nelson 10
Jim Rooker 4
Steve Busby 3
Shutouts
Roger Nelson 6
Paul Splittorff 2
Dick Drago 2
Jim Rooker 2
Tom Murphy 1
Saves
Tom Burgmeier 9
Ted Abernathy 5
Ken Wright 4
Roger Nelson 3
Al Fitzmorris 3
Innings Pitched
Dick Drago 239.1
Paul Splittorff 216.0
Roger Nelson 173.1
Bruce Dal Canton 132.1
Mike Hedlund 113.0
Strikeouts
Paul Splittorff 140
Dick Drago 135
Roger Nelson 120
Bruce Dal Canton 75
Mike Hedlund 52
Walks
Paul Splittorff 67
Dick Drago 51
Mike Hedlund 41
Tom Burgmeier 33
Roger Nelson 31
Earned Runs
Dick Drago 80
Paul Splittorff 75
Mike Hedlund 60
Bruce Dal Canton 50
Al Fitzmorris 42
Runs
Dick Drago 88
Paul Splittorff 81
Mike Hedlund 67
Bruce Dal Canton 54
Al Fitzmorris 46